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Backhand Clear Direction

I have finally through lots of practise managed to get a backhand clear i am somewhat happy with. The advice on this forum has proved invaluable and i would like to say thank you!

I can now finally hit a backhand clear back to back provided im not under complete pressure.

As a standing practise, i place the shuttle on my racket, throw it up high and hit it.

Description of technique:

I keep my racket in a Universal Grip (not sure if this is the correct term). Its not quite a forehand and not quite a backhand. Its somewhere in the middle.
I step into the shuttle with my racket leg and strike the shuttle a couple of feet outside my body while the shuttle is above head height. My back is almost facing the net. My elbow points up and i unravel my racket very quickly and im assuming is it what gives me the power. I have also noticed that i tend to pronate(supinate?) at the point of impact.

The one problem i have is that when under pressure the shuttle tends to go extremely wide. It will end up in the other court. I dont know what to do about this. Do i modify my grip? or do i modify my stance (ie do not face my back completely to the net?)

By "under pressure" do you mean that the shuttle has gone further past you, i.e. it's further behind you?

Do you slice it wide or is it a clean hit wide?

My first hunch is that you need to modify your grip to keep the racquet head 'square' at impact.

To see what I mean try holding the racquet with a full backhand grip and imagine you are trying to hit a straight shot on your backhand side (obviously!) but slightly in front of you, do the action slowly and pause at the imaginary point of impact, you will see that the racquet head is 'square' to the net. Now repeat with the same grip but imagine that the shuttle is slightly behind you, notice that this time at the point of impact the racquet head is not square, to make it square you either have to bend your wrist (wrong!) or adjust your grip - turn the racquet slowly in your fingers until the head is square and notice the new grip position.

Excellent - practice, practice, practice - you'll be surprised how quickly it will become natural ! Practice being able to turn the racquet using your finger and thumb (not your whole hand) and you'll find progress more rapid.

OK, so if you have one of the best backhand smashes in World badminton and trained your backhand for about 15 years, then you can also do that strokes 2 times a years in a real competition... :-))

I mean I also can do a backhand jump smash, and I did that in same training matches and perhaps make 1 or 2 points out of it (but how much points did I lose because of that? much more), but is really senseless to try to learn that stroke.

Because I know 100% of the members in that forum should increase their normal backhand clear/smash/drive instead of learning a backhand jump smash...

Backhand Clear

Cool. It's a good weapon. Usually I clear to my opponent's backhand. If he's a righthander...it's a crosscourt clear. Therefore I use the forehand grip so that the angle is crosscourt. Be sure to 'peek' where your opponent stands before deciding to clear to his backhand or forehand.

Just be sure to throw in a backhand drive to the net...straight or crosscourt if you are under pressure....don't go for the clear....coz the opponent is baiting you to hit a weak return to halfcourt for a killing smash.